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<p>It is a matter for airport operators, the companies that provide operational ground
support at airports, and the specialist vehicle manufacturers to work together to
determine how best to introduce ultra low emission vehicles into their airport based
vehicle fleets.</p><p> </p><p>Airports operators are able to take advantage of the
Office for Low Emission Vehicle’s Plug in Car Grant which offers up to £4,500 off
the cost of an eligible vehicle, the Plug in Van Grant which offers a grant of up
to £8,000, and which has been extended to up to £20,000 for the first 200 of the largest
vehicles and the Work Place Charging Scheme which offers £300 for each of up to twenty
sockets for recharging vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Gatwick has signed up to the Go Ultra
Low Companies initiative with participating companies committing to 5% of their fleet
being electric vehicles by 2020. Heathrow is one of the Climate Group’s EV100 and
as part of this initiative is implementing comprehensive plans to increase transition
to ultra low emission airport mobility.</p><p> </p>
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